...would have it on every vote." And that Congressman Bayard was writing to Mr. Hamilton, in March, that "the means existed of electing Burr, but this required...one man (a great blockhead) and tempting two (not incorruptible) he might have secured a majority of the States." As a matter of fact, the shoe was perhaps...

...Rhode Island refused to depart from their former vote. The means existed of electing Burr, but they required his cooperation. By deceiving one Man (a great blockhead) and tempting two (not incorruptible) he might have secured a majority of the States.7 He will never have another chance of...

...and unforgiving of Burr as Bayard. "The means existed of electing Burr," he wrote Hamilton, "but that required his cooperation. By deceiving one Man (a great blockhead) and tempting two others (not incorruptible) he might have secured a majority of the States. He will never have another...

...corn-stalks instead of muskets — ... What, may it be asked, would be the issue of the struggle ?" 1 "The means existed of electing Burr, but this required...one man (a great blockhead) and tempting two (not incorruptible) he might have secured a majority of the States." (Bayard to Hamilton, March 8, 1801;...

...determined not to shackle himself with federal principles . . . The means existed of electing Burr, but they required his cooperation. By deceiving one Man (a great blockhead) and tempting two (not incorruptible) he might have secured a majority of the States. He will never have another chance of...